CS 217: Programming Languages, Winter 2004 Syllabus

Programming Languages: Design and Implementation (4th edition), Pratt and Zelkowitz, Prentice-Hall, 2000.

There will be four programming assignments: one in Scheme, one in SML, one in Java, and one in Prolog.
There will be other shorter non-programming assignments.
You will give a 10 minute talk on a programming language. You'll also prepare a handout to go with it.

There are two different kinds of working together: collaborating and plagiarism.

Collaborating is good.
You are encouraged to collaborate on ideas and program design.
Programming is often a social effort, and there is much you can learn by talking out the ideas in this class with each other.
You can by all means talk to each other, look at each others' programs to help fix problems, and share ideas.

Plagiarism is bad. DON'T DO IT!
Any programs that you turn in should be your work.
Even if you work with someone else and share ideas, you must still writ your own program.
If a piece of your program utilizes someone else's idea, you must make sure to give that person credit in program comments.
Do not hand a printout of your program to other students. I encourage you to work together to help debug your code, but you should do so sitting together.

The following are examples of plagiarism:

Taking someone else's program, changing comments and variable names, putting your name at the top, and turning it in.
Finding a similar program on the internet, changing the variables and comments around, putting your name at the top, and turning it in.
Finding a similar program in a book, changing the variables and comments around, putting your name at the top, and turning it in.

I will be using software to discover plagiarism if it occurs, and will not hesitate to notify the College if it does.

Each assignment will have a specific time for which it will be due. An assignment turned in late within one day of the due time will be docked 25%. A program turned in later than one day of the due date but within two days will be docked 50%. A programming assignment turned in any time after this until the last day of classes will be docked 75%. Non-programming assignments can not be turned in any later than two days following the due date since we may be discussing answers in class.